please bear with me while I brag!
Let me remind you .... 2 months ago, in a LCM meet (and my first meet ever) I was doing 1:58 in 100 free!!!! I just started swimming, just over 3 months ago, first time ever, at the age of 34.
This afternoon at the workout the coach had us doing 4x100, on 4 minutes, no holding back race sets. (SCM pool)
I did 1:27, 1:30, 1:33 and 1:31 :)
The coach was very very pleasantly surprised... I was so surprised I thought he was reading off someone else's time!
Earlier in the workout he commented how my stroke is looking really good. Couple other teammates commented on my stroke looking good in last couple of weeks as well...
I'm vevy vevy excited... I think I feel a touchdown dance coming on... ;)
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I kicked the flippers to the curb a while ago... Except when the coach calls for them in the workout.
We had a 400 free, 400 kick, 300 pull and 200 stroke drill for the warmup... I used the fins for the 400 kick.
Besides, now that the blisters on my toes have finally healed up, and my kick is starting to gain a tiny bit of propulsion, I'm not eager to put them back on.
I was floored though, when the coach told me that my stroke looks good. I think my jaw dropped all 13 feet down to the bottom of the diving well!
In a week and a half we have an SCM meet coming up, I'm hoping to do 100 free around 1:40, maybe a tad better.
We'll see, because I signed up to swim a 1500M that morning, then a 50 free, 100 free in the early afternoon, and a 400 free at the end of the day. Plus I'll probably end up in one or two relays... We'll see how worn out I get.
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I kicked the flippers to the curb a while ago... Except when the coach calls for them in the workout.
We had a 400 free, 400 kick, 300 pull and 200 stroke drill for the warmup... I used the fins for the 400 kick.
Besides, now that the blisters on my toes have finally healed up, and my kick is starting to gain a tiny bit of propulsion, I'm not eager to put them back on.
I was floored though, when the coach told me that my stroke looks good. I think my jaw dropped all 13 feet down to the bottom of the diving well!
In a week and a half we have an SCM meet coming up, I'm hoping to do 100 free around 1:40, maybe a tad better.
We'll see, because I signed up to swim a 1500M that morning, then a 50 free, 100 free in the early afternoon, and a 400 free at the end of the day. Plus I'll probably end up in one or two relays... We'll see how worn out I get.
